Vintage Flair

Happy mail

 
Do you ever have one of those weeks that everything seems to go wrong, people take what you do or say out of context or it is just one thing after another?  Well, that was my week, oh nothing serious but enough to bother me, but enough to annoy me.  So, when I came come and I found the latest issue of Romantic Homes (September issue) at my doorstep and my blog was featured....it immediately made me smile.  It is the small little pick me ups that you need here and there to give you a little boost.

 
My kiddos are waiting for me to get my swimsuit on and head to the pool....I think I may swim holding a frozen margarita...yum-mm.

Have a relaxing day!

Button cards

 

When I go to a flea market I love to buy things that are all bundled together and are really cheap.  I bought a bag that was taped together and I really had no clue what was in there but for $2.00 that is a risk I can take.  When I opened up the bag (yes, in the car....I couldn't wait until I was home) I was happy to find a bunch of vintage button cards with the sweetest images.  Not to bad uh?

 
   

 

Fun little treat

I went to the mall last night with Olivia to start some back to school shopping (she starts middle school on 8/19)  and I bought this canvas tote (yes, for me and not her).  I thought it was as cute as can be and I thought it would be fun to carry around this summer.  I added the flower to give it a little more vintage flair.  I bought it at Charlotte Russe and I checked the website but it wasn't on there so if you want one, I guess you will have to go to the store.

Have a great Sunday!

Paper Doll Journal

Well, I am so excited to get my paper doll journal back that I did with Andrea, Heather and Holly.  It was a fun project to do with these talented girls.  I mentioned this to you all quite some time ago and I am happy to report it is complete and returned back to me.  It was fun to get it in the mail and look through it again.  I forgot what it looked like.  Here are the pages that I did....I think the pink one with the woman in the hat is my favorite.

 

Here are Andrea's pages.

  
Here are Heather's pages.

 

Here are Holly's pages.

The photos are not the best quality because what you can't see is Lucy's little piggies in the photos blocking the light.  She was standing over me, on top of me and you can picture it and this was the best I could with my sweet little distraction.   
 
   
 
 

So cute....

I was getting ready to download some photos to update a new post and Miss Lucy was standing there watching me.  So, I snapped her photo and stopped what I was doing......She comes first.  Tomorrow is another day to get done what I would like to get accomplished.

Meet my new BFF

 
My birthday was a couple weeks ago and all I asked for was a camera....I mean a real camera.  I chose the new Canon EOS Rebel T2i.  One that I could grow with and have a long term and lasting relationship with.  I am happy to say, my husband (bless his wonderful heart) took me to the camera store (not a mass retail store or a club retailer, a professional camera store where I could ask a ton of stupid questions and not feel silly) and pretty much let me pick out exactly what I wanted and he never said ONE WORD about any of the prices of the cameras or the lenss.  Gees my lens was almost as much as my camera.  Now, I will have this camera for a very long time but I am happy to say I am OK with that.  I am enjoying my new BFF and so far she has treated me wonderful! 
 

Home again

On Saturday I received two large boxes with all of my published artwork from Somerset Studios.  It is always fun to open up the boxes and fall in love again with your artwork....Gees, I hope that doesn't sound conceded?  What I mean is, when I create something (no matter what it is) I get attached to it so it is like seeing an old friend again.  The problem is since I don't have a large studio to display my art I am not quite sure where I am going to put it all.  I guess it is a good problem to have right?  This lampshade was the very first thing that I created as a Bonne Vivantes for Somerset Studio and I think it is one of my favorites.  Unfortunately, there was a mistake and I wasn't credited in the current issue for Somerset Life....oh well, I know I made it and I am happy as can be that the magazine loved it too!

On another note...my Lily-Grace is now sporting a new short hair do and she thinks she now looks like a movie star.  So funny!

 
I hope you all have a great week....I have to go, Lucy is not going to sleep like I had it planned.

Heart

I am off today and the girls are at skate camp and Lucy is at Montessori so I am enjoying a quiet house. It is so relaxing!  I can throughly enjoy my coffee this morning.  I thought I would share this heart that I made for someone that emailed me.  I hope shes likes it.  I am off to tackle the laundry and maybe squeeze in a project.

Art for sale

I decided to clean out my little craft closet to make some more room and ended up deciding  to sell some of my art.  I was going to post these on Etsy but let's see if they will sell on my blog first.  It takes so much time to take photos and post on your blog on a regular basis and listing on Etsy is just another step that I really would like to avoid.  So, here you go....these items are looking for a good home, do you know any?

Shadowbox collage $35.00

Fabric Wallpaper pouch $30.00

Rhinestone necklace $40.00

Paper Doll Collage $35.00 SOLD

Just send me an email oliviaandlilygrace@yahoo.com or comment on this post if you are interested...Have a great day.